SURVEY OF MEDICALLY IMPORTANT BACTERIA Flashcards by Keanna Alyssa Marie Nervida

disease: anthrax
cell morphology: spore-forming in chain
gram stain : positive

Bacillus anthracis

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disease: whooping cough
cell morphology: rod
gram stain : negative

Bordetella pertussis

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disease: Brucellosis, undulant fever
cell morphology: rod
gram stain : negative

Brucella abortus

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disease: Lymphogranuloma venereum, trachoma
cell morphology: pleomorphic
gram stain : negative

Chlamydia trachomatis

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disease: botulism (food poisoning)
cell morphology: spore-forming rod
gram stain : positive

Clostridium botulinum

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disease: Gas gangrene, wound infections
cell morphology: spore-forming rod
gram stain : positive

Clostridium perfringens

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disease: Tetanus (lockjaw)
cell morphology: spore-forming rod
gram stain : positive

Clostridium tetani

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disease: Diphtheria
cell morphology: rod
gram stain : positive

Corynebacterium diphtheriae

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disease: UTI
cell morphology: rod-coccobacillus
gram stain : negative

Escherichia coli

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disease: tularemia
cell morphology: rod
gram stain : negative

Francisella tularensis

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disease: Chancroid
cell morphology: rod
gram stain : negative

Haemophilus ducreyi

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disease: meningitis, pneumonia
cell morphology: rod
gram stain : negative

Haemophilus influenzae

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disease: pneumonia
cell morphology: rod
gram stain : negative

Klebsiella pneumoniae

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disease: leprosy
cell morphology: rod - diplobacilli
gram stain : acid-fast positive

Mycobacterium leprae

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disease: Tuberculosis
cell morphology: rod-diplobacilli
gram stain : acid-fast positive

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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disease: atypical pneumonia
cell morphology: pleomorphic
gram stain : negative

Mycoplasma pneumonia

disease: gonorrhea
cell morphology: diplococcus
gram stain : negative

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

disease: Nasopharyngitis, meningitis,
cell morphology: diplococcus
gram stain : negative

Neisseria meningitides

disease: Typhoid fever
cell morphology: rod
gram stain : negative

Salmonella typhi

disease: Gastroenteritis, urinary tract infections
cell morphology: rod
gram stain : negative

Proteus vulgaris

disease: respiratory, urogenital, and wound infections
cell morphology: rod
gram stain : negative

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

disease: gastroentitis
cell morphology: rod
gram stain : negative

Salmonella sp.

disease: Rocky Mountain spotted fever
cell morphology: rod
gram stain : negative

Rickettsia rickettsi

disease: Shigellosis (bacillary dysentery)
cell morphology: rod
gram stain : negative

Shigella sp.

disease: boils, carbuncles, pneumonia, septicemia cell morphology: cocci in cluster gram stain : positive

Staphylococcus aureus

disease: Strep throat, scarlet fever, rheumatic fever, septicemia cell morphology: cocci in chain gram stain : positive

Streptococcus pyogenes

disease: pneumonia, meningitis cell morphology: diplococcus gram stain : positive

Streptococcus pneumoniae

disease: Syphilis cell morphology: spirochete gram stain : negative

Treponema pallidum

disease: Cholera cell morphology: curved rod gram stain : negative

Vibrio cholera

disease: plague cell morphology: rod gram stain : negative

Yersinia pestis